I hope the kharma fairy is watching.

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Fri, 02-20-2009 - 1:51pm

I went through a drive thru (yeah, I know, but under the circumstances it was the lesser of two evils) and the guy gave me back change for a $20 instead of change for a $10. By the time it hit me that one of the bills wasn't a $1, I was already out of line and giving the kids their stuff. It took 10 mins to get through the line the first time and I was SO not taking all five kids into the store to give it back. To make matters worse, I really don't like this guy. He's worked that window for YEARS and one time he broke apart our debit card. It was one of those mini cards (those are so stupid!) and DH kept it intact so he could use it in a gas pump. This guy takes the card, snaps it off the secondary piece, and tosses the "trash" in the trash can. Yeah, THANKS you freakin' HOLE. Anyway, needless to say this "found" $10 would have been nice, but I just couldn't keep it. So I sat through that endless line AGAIN just to tell the guy that he gave me change for a $20 instead of a $10 and handed him his $10 back. And you know what? They LAUGHED at me! Not the cashier himself, but a whole fraternity standing behind him. They were LAUGHING. I don't know if it was at me or at the cashier, but I'm just plain MAD at this point.

Anger, of course, better than guilt. But still, it really ticks me off.

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Sarah
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Fri, 02-20-2009 - 8:04pm
I must need to do more of it. The kids thought I was nuts, LOL. (And we homeschool...where's the bad influence to blame? ROFL!)

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Sarah
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Fri, 02-20-2009 - 8:08pm
I hear ya, girl! Mc D's certainly didn't need it, but the last thing I wanted was for that guy to get ripped a new one b/c of what would have been my dishonesty. I have a quick guilt trigger ... I'd probably be sitting here now wondering if he was still there now (7 hrs later) so I could return it. Eh. That's what I get for counting bills instead of cramming them in my purse, LOL!

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Sarah
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Fri, 02-20-2009 - 8:09pm
That would have been a REALLY interesting exchange. You tube, anyone? LOL!

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Sarah
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Fri, 02-20-2009 - 8:13pm
That was really nice of you, especially since it wasn't going back to the person that lost it! I hate those self checkouts, too. I like what Larry the Cable guy said. "I came for some **** cream, not to train for a part time job!" Amen, Larry!

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Sarah
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Fri, 02-20-2009 - 8:17pm
I wouldn't have kept it anyway, but still...ugh. And you know (believe it or not) it wasn't a kid. It was a graying older fellow. I think he was there before they built the place, LOL -- he's been in that window every time I've been there since I started driving 15 years ago! Not that it's been that often, but the man must sleep there! The guys standing there laughing were all "kids", though. Their parents would have been so proud.

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Fri, 02-20-2009 - 8:29pm

Yes, I have noted an edge.

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Fri, 02-20-2009 - 8:48pm

I have children and I'm with them 24/7 (almost literally) and I'm glad that I'm consistent. I also explain my feelings to them. I'm human and I get angry sometimes, so I when I apologize for getting angry, for example, I also explain what made me lose my temper. When I laugh at something they don't "get," I explain what made me laugh. If I'm sad, I explain why. I explain the good emotions, too. I open myself up that way. I find that it's very helpful for my kids (and we have some very different personalities among our five and it seems to help all of them) to get a grip on their own emotions and feelings when they have adults who can consistently be there and help them make sense of things.

Goal #1 $UCCE$$!  EF funded to $1000!
Goal #2:  Put an extra house payment in savings.

Goal #3:  Get rid of as much debt as possible before we build our new house in 2010 or 2011. 

Blessed with a blizzard in 2009!  Look at my snowflakes GO!




Edited 2/26/2009 6:39 pm ET by sohappilyme
Sarah
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Fri, 02-20-2009 - 9:13pm

Rip people apart?

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Fri, 02-20-2009 - 10:17pm

what is the argument about here?


We can never be "good enough" anyway. If we could, where is the line drawn? And who gets to decide?


 


 



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Fri, 02-20-2009 - 11:07pm

I'm not sure there is an argument.